My father does not believe that heavens and hells exist

Questions from an audience who has a lovely father. She wanted the suggestion about...

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#2

This last metaphor clearly illustrates how no benefit can be found by indulging in sensual pleasure

Overview #2

The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification

Overview #1

After the Enlightenment which transformed Siddhattha Gotama into the Lord Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the River Neranjara

Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants (6-3)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twenty:- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants.

The Blissful Mind

Once those who are chained in prison are free from the confinements, They will be free and happy. Likewise, those who can attain Nirvana and are free from all defilements, Will have a blissful mind just like those

Freedom from Subtle Defilements

“Lotuses Have leaves that a drop of water cannot cling to Likewise, those who can attain Nirvana will have the minds That Subtle Defilement cannot stay in them

The Noble Eightfold Path on the Mundane Level # 1

Practising the Noble Eightfold Path is not just the duty of the saint or the monk striving for Nirvana –it is also a means by which the householder can secure happiness

The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 1

The final of the four Truths of the Noble Ones taught by the Lord Buddha was the Path to the Cessation of Suffering (or the Noble Eightfold Path) – the way to extinguish all suffering and attain Nirvana.

Interesting view :

Although some people do have the inspiration towards Nirvana. They have set their goal of life earlier than they can continue to focus their concentration on